What Is heat staking?

Described as a pulsed heat process used to join two or more parts out of which at least one is made of plastic, heat staking involves deforming the plastic material using heat and force at a set process time. The bond is made by partly de-forming the plastic part to fix the other. The process makes it easy to bond metal to plastic, which is why it is commonly used in high volume/low cost applications like automotive, IT and consumer appliances.

The process of heat staking

Basically, the heat staking process can be broken down into four main steps: